Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-20
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Morris Riley was badly injured by
a Baltimore & Ohio freight train near
Harper's Ferry last Saturday. He
does not know how the accident hap.
pened. He received several bad bruis-
es on the head and a crushed back.
He was taken to Baltimore hospital.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, of Mar
tinSburg, has consented to deliver the
address of welcome at the Morgan's
Grove Exhibition on the opening day,
September 18th.
A little son of Mr.. John d. Burk-
hart, ST., of Martinsburg, was playing
in barn, where the men were unload
ing few days ago. In some way the
little fellow caught hold of the rope
attached to the hay fork. Before as
sistance could reach him, his hands
were drawn to the fork and lacerated
frightfully.
Last Saturday afternoon as Miss
Fannie Shepherd, Mrs. Lottie John
son, Mr.. John FL. Schoppert and Mr..
Hugh Allen were returning from
Shenandoah Junction the horse they
were driving became ugly" and
caused an accident with painful re-
suits to Miss Shepherd. AS they were
going down the hill at Col. Morgan's
gate the horse began to kick at a ter
rible rate and made it SO dangerous
for the occupants of the vehicle that
they were obliged to jump out. Miss
Shepherd was the first to jump, and
unfortunately broke her ankle in a
very painful manner.
LADIES, TAKE NOTICE.-The man.
ayers of the Morgan's Grove Exhibit.
ton, to be held near Shepherdstown
September 18th, l4th and 10Th, have
arranged for a contest of lady riders
on the first day of the Exhibition, the
best rider to be presented with hand
some and valuable riding whip. An
invitation is extended to the ladies of
Jefferson and Berkeley County, w.
Va, and Washington County, Md, to
participate in this friendly contest. 1t
will be novel feature of the Exhibit
ton, and full of interest to the contes-
tants and the visitors.
The work of replacing the wooden
bridge of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad over the the Potomac river
at Shepherdstown with an iron struc-
ture was completed this week. The
last of the workmen are now packing
up their tools and machinery, and ex-
pect to leave town about the 18th of
month. This job has been stupen-
dous one. Commencing about the 1st
of March. five wooden spans of 1853 feet
were removed and iron spans of equal
size were put in their place-this work
being done at height of ii above
the bottom of the river. The mOdus
Ioperandi was to first build up heavy
and substantial trestling from the
bottom of the river, through the old
bridge, the track being transferred to
this trestling. Then the old wood was
taken out, the iron work placed in
position, and finally the trestle-work,
the iron span left clear. While the
iron was being put in one span, the
trestle was being placed under anoth.
ler, thus keeping all hands busy. Dur.
ing all this time the trains ran as usual
and no passenger train was KEPT
waiting Ave minutes. AS high as
leighty-five men were at work on the
bridge at one time, a large number oil
whom were from this community
There was a remarkable absence oil
accidents, when the dangerous charac
ter Of the work is considered. But
one man was hurt, and he cut himself
with an adj. The work was done by
the Phoenix Bridge Company, Of
Ph9nixville, Pa, with Mr.. John B
Fraim, as their superintendent, ably
assisted by Mr.. Charles Wardell. The
price of the new bridge was S4S, 900.
Miss Myrtle Taylor, of Martinsburg
is visiting Miss Lizzie Conner, in thi;
place.
Miss Katie johnson, of this place
is visiting friends at Martinsburg.